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State Police Advise You to Stay
Alert to Stay Alive Whether
Driving Or Walking
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SERVING KUTZTOWN, FLEETWOOD, TOPTON AND SURROUNDINC AREAS
More and More East Penn Valley
People Are Reading The Patriot
Week After Week
VOL. LXXXU
KUTZTOWN, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1956
Telephone 7343
NO. 2S
FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS
Patriot Newsboys Are Learning Now
Come rain, snow, heat or sleet,
the Patriot's six newsboys serve an
average of 867 customers per Thursday. They are among hundreds of
thousands of similar youth across
America, who will become the business leaders of tomorrow.
Their packs, which are 'specially
heavy on East Penn Valley, Balloon
and Dollar Days and holidays, vary
from Richard Folk's 27 papers for
his home area in Brooklyn, Kutztown R. 2, to Ronald Stump's 190
which he delivers between White
Oak and Noble streets. David Adam
carries 178 on Main from Greenwich through College Hill; Clair
Kramer's total for Walnut, White
Oak, Greenwich and Peach is 175;
David Schearer uses his bike to
deliver his 158 east of the railroad
(except Main); and Darryl Wil-
, trout, who tramps East Main from
Greenwich to Ciliberti's, has an
allotment of 139.
On delivery day they usually
wear their oldest shoes, and always
in a downpour, "for rain isn't good
for school shoes." One of them
changes his along his route, for he
passes right by his home.
David Schearer, "because I have
my bike," is the first to appear,
then Darryl. And the other David
admits that "I'm never first. They
don't call me 'Lazy" for nothing!"
Packing the newsbag is a neat
job, and they are served in the
' order of their arrival. Those that
won't go into the bag, are tied in a
neat bundle. Three of them have
helpers. David Adam has his
brother J. P., or his cousin, Joe
DeMatteo; Richard has his brother Keith, who sometimes takes
his place; and Ronald Stump's
helper is his brother Barry.
And, except on rainy days, which
all of them grumble about except
Clair, the faithful six complete
their runs in an hour and a half.
Incidentally, Clair likes everything!
And the majority of them look forward to snow. "It's fun!" they say.
They're 14 and 15, except Darryl,
and are 9th or 10th graders. Darryl,
four feet 10, is the shortest, and
Richard at 15 is six feet!
The faithful six earn two cents a
paper per week, plus a dollar. And
at Christmas their customer
bonuses are most welcome.
"Pay I Like Best!"
"Pay I like the best!" admits
Darryl, and though he has a long
way to go, he's saving for a car.
Ronald has a Christmas Savings account, and always manages to put
some pennies in a coffee can. David
S. adds 50 cents a week to his
Christmas Savings, buys some of his
clothes, and once in a great while
indulges in an apple or some cookies at a convenient store. Clair
saves too — "it all depends," and
spends some on clothes. David A.
saves about a fourth, and uses the
balance to finance sports equipment, stamps, the movies and sodas.
Richard, who carries the Reading
Eagle, too, banks three-fourths of
his earnings and already has $70
in bank.
They actually read the paper they
carry. Some read it while waiting
their turn for their loads; others on
Thursday night when they get
home. The Mystery Farms interested them, and what's going on
in the movies. One of them reads
the Patriot "as it comes," the first
page, on through.
All of them do some collecting,
and their unanimous "gripe" is
when they're offered a five-dollar
bill, particularly when they've just
started out and have little if any
change! "We don't let 'em get behind more than a month!" they say.
Hobbies and Futures
.The six faithfuls are unanimous
on sports. In fact, one of them has
to get a substitute so he can show
up at basketball practice.
David A., who collects not only
stamps but rocks and minerals,
wants to become an archeologist.
Ronald, the basketball enthusiast,
would like to be a dentist. David S.,
who used to collect plastic models
and planes and ships, hasn't yet decided on his future, though his two
brothers are already hard at it at
college. Richard, who wants to
work at the Caloric Appliance
Corporation where his father is employed, has collected a number of
arrow heads in the fields opposite
his home in Brooklyn. "Two of them
are perfect," he reports. Clair, who
expects to be a mechanic, collects
pennies "as old as I can get them"
and also has good times on his bike.
Darryl, who wears a Mickey Mantle
sweater and has more than 100 baseball cards, is a future farmer. In
fact, he bikes it for half an hour
each Saturday, to the farm of his
Uncle LeRoy Biehl, where he does
everything from husking corn and
tractor hitching, to having fun with
the pigs, cows and horses.
Have a good look at your newsboy the next time he comes around!
He has infinitely more under his
baseball hat than you perhaps
imagine! And .. . and in his savings account!
Topton Woman's
Club Reciprocity
Dinner Saturday
Edward Hill Guest Speaker
Hear Home Economist
Patricia Deal
The first annual Reciprocity dinner of the Topton Woman's Club
•will be held Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
at the Monterey Inn. Edward A.
Hill, Fleetwood R. 1, nature photographer, will be guest speaker.
He will be introduced by Mrs. Robert Trexler. Mrs. William Grim will
preside. The committee on arrangements includes Mrs. WUliam Muehlhauser, Mrs. Clarence Shearer, Mrs.
Earl Gerlaeh, Mrs. William Grim
and Mrs. Robert Trexler.
Patricia Deal, assistant Berks
home economist, spoke on "Home
Decorating" at Tuesday's meeting
in Trinity church. The program was
in charge of the American Home
Division, Mrs. Luther Mertz, chairman. Mrs. Robert Trexler presided.
The hostess committee comprised
Mrs. Anna DeLong, Mrs. J. Lester
Eckert, Mrs. Charles Kolkeback,
Mrs. George Leibensperger, Mrs.
Henry Fegely, Mrs. Robert Gall-
moyer, Mrs. Charles Ruhf and Mrs.
Howard Schauers.
Women interested in quilting for
the benefit of the bazaar Nov. 23-24
are urged to come to the Earl Trexler home any afternoon or evening.
"United Begins With U"
Slogan For $1,058,697
Drive To Aid 40 Agencies
Kutztown Woman
Awarded $3,077
Kllavada Wolfinger, Kutztown,
was awarded damages of $3,077
after a jury returned a verdict to
Judge Forrest R. Shanaman Oct.
10 in the Berks court. The amount
was for injuries suffered in an automobile accident July 16 at New
Jerusalem.
The verdict was against Edwin
Kohl, Fleetwood R. 1, driver of an
automobile involved in a collision
with Miss Wolfinger's car, which
was operated by Alice Reinert,
Kutztown. The latter was named
an additional defendant but no
damages were assessed against her.
At the trial, it was testified that
the plaintiff suffered several fractured ribs and other Injuries. She
was represented by Martin Binder
of DeLong, Dry and Binder. Paul
Edelman was counsel for Kohl and
W. Richard Eshelman of Stevens
and Lee appeared for Miss Reinert.
ESTABLISHES $100.00
"NURSE" SCHOLARSHIP
The Allentown Hospital Auxiliary
of Kutztown, at a recent meeting,
voted to grant a $100 scholarship
to a member of the KAHS graduating class who will enter the Allentown Hospital School of Nursing.
In case of more than one applicant,
the scholarship will be divided.
DEADLINE OCT. 27
The deadline for the annual Ingathering of the Kutztown Needlework Guild is Oct. 27, and the new
garments will be on display ft Trinity parish house Nov. 1.
Beneficiaries will be the Lutheran Home at Topton, the Kutztown
Visiting Nurse Association, Bethany, Womelsdorf, Good Shepherd,
Allentown; and the Burd and Rogers Home, Herndon.
Berks Boroughs
Association Holds
9th Ladies Night
Jack Oavis Guest Speaker;
Reed Is Toastmaster;
225 In Attendance
Jack Davis, Reading, was the
speaker at the recent ninth Ladies
Night of the Berks Boroughs Association at Kutztown Fire Hall. Entertainment was a stage show
booked by Walter Spotts, Kutztown
Borough engineer. Roland Reed,
Birdsboro, president of the Association, was toastmaster. Attendance
totaled 225.
Music for the dinner and stage
show was furnished by Burgess Ira
Moyer and his Orchestra.
Among those in attendance were
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fenstermaker, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Keodinger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gift,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence F. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Boyer, H. Calvert Northeimer, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Abel, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moyer
and Mr. and Mrs. William Greena-
wald, Kutztown; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Huyett, Mr. and Mrs. John
Keller, Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Leinbach
and Burgess J. Wallace Luckenbill,
Fleetwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Stauffer, Mr. and Mrs. Kramer,
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood DeLong, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Heiser, Mr. and
Mrs. Leland Sechler, Mr. and Mrs.
Welton Zentner, Mr. and Mrs. Ker-
i-p.it Schofer, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Rauenzahn, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Werst and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Meek, Topton.
The ham dinner was served by
the Fire Company Auxiliary.
Regionals, Saturday
St. Paul's Church
Kutztown and North Regionals of
the E. and R. Synodical Guild will
meet Saturday morning and afternoon at St. Paul's, Kutztown.
Madeline Bach, secretary of promotion of the National Guild, will
discuss the 1956-57 literature at 10
a.m. and present an inspirational
talk at 2:30 p.m. Workshops will be
conducted trom 11:30 to noon and
1:30 tb 2:15 p.m., followed by a
panel presentation of goals.
Registration at 9:30 a.m. and
lunch at noon.
Mrs. Nevin Greenawalt, Hamburg,
Kutztown Regional president, will
preside.
♦ "United Begins With U" is the
slogan for the first United Fund of
Berks County Inc. campaign to
benefit 40 agencies. The minimum
goal is $1,058,697, and the drive
began Oct. 15 to be continued
through Nov. 14.
Volunteer leaders and workers
of Eastern Berks will meet tonight
in the music room of the Sehaeffer
auditorium at KSTC, at 7:30, when
plans for the area will be completed.
The Eastern Area, which is under
the Rev. Martin L. Rothenberger,
St. Paul's Lutheran, Fleetwood, includes the boroughs of Kutztown,
Fleetwood, Lyons and Topton, and
the townships of District, Greenwich, Longswamp, Maxatawny,
Oley, Pike, Richmond, Rockland
and Ruscombmanor, and all towns
and communities within these boundaries.
Volunteer leaders include the following: Kutztown: Mrs. Paul M.
Herring and Mrs. Russell Edgar and
the Kutztown Woman's Club; Top-
ton: Mrs. William Grim and the
Woman's Club; Fleetwood: Curtis
Kramer and the Jaycees;
District Township: Earl Moyer;
Greenwich: Mrs. William Dietrich
and Mrs. Milton Arndt; Maxatawny:
Mrs. Howard Cressman, Mrs. Carl
Bast, Mrs. Ralph Silsdorf; Oley:
Mrs. Russell Jones; Pike: Mrs. John
Doremus; Rockland: Mrs. David
Border; and Ruscombmanor: Mrs.
Walter Lowry.
Charles H. Esser and George L.
Wirtz are chairmen of corporation
and executive and employee solicitation for the Eastern Area.
"United Begins With U!"
Rotarians Tour Two
Elementary Schools
Last night the Kutztown Rotarians not only toured the Kutztown
and Maxatawny elementary schools,
but had a hot' roast beef school
lunch at the latter, under the leadership of Dr. William Liggitt. All
school lunches, they learned, are
prepared at the Maxatawny school,
and then transferred in special
containers to the other schools.
Guests were these Jaycees: Carson Sehmoyer, George Wirtz Jr.,
Malcolm Meckes and Lloyd Berger,
and George Wirtz Sr. brought Russell Edgar.
Next Wednesday the speaker will
be Dr. Adolph Wegener, assistant
professor of German at Muhlenberg College.
State Grange 84th
Annual Convention
Oct. 23-25, Erie
Secretary Benson to Speak
At Pre-Session Program;
Five Area Delegates
A talk by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Washing
ton, D. C, will be featured at the
pre-session program of the 84th annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Grange Monday at 7
p.m. at Erie. Herschel D. Newsom,
Indiana farmer and Master Of the
National Grange, will also speak.
The session will be held in Gannon
college auditorium.
The convention will open Tuesday and continue through Thursday,
Oct. 25, in the Cathedral Prep
school auditorium. Speakers will include Dr. Lyman Jackson, Dean of
the College of Agriculture of Pennsylvania State University; H. A.
Thomson, executive secretary of the
Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors; Alta Peck, chairman of the Home Economics Committee of the National Grange; Arthur Gardner, mayor of Erie; and
Kenzie Bagshaw. past master of the
State Grange.
The delegate body will decide the
position to be taken by the State
Grange on many legislative issues
affecting agriculture and rural
Pennsylvania, such as farm programs, taxes, schools, roads and
water supplies.
Grange Youth will occupy officers' chairs and conduct the meeting at Wednesday morning's session.
Area delegates include Worthy
Master and Mrs. Harold Dellicker.
Kutztown Grange: Harold Schuler.
past master of Fleetwood Grange;
and Worthy Master and Mrs. Harold Overly, Pioneer, Topton.
Retired Brandywine
Teachers Are Feted
At Joint Banquet
DAIRY GUILD
The Berks-Lehigh. Dairy Guild
will meet Monday night, Oct. 22, at
Kempton Fire Hall, when a program will be outlined "to give the
farmer better prices." "Why a Guild
is necessary" will also be explained.
Questions will be welcomed.
JAYCEE* MEETING
The Kutztown Jaycees will hold
a special meeting Tuesday at 8
p.m. st the Lincoln Tavern, when
final plans will be made for the
Hallowe'en Parade.
PIANO RECITAL SUNDAY
TRINITY CHURCH, TOPTON
Mrs. Earl Trexler will present
her 18 piano pupils in a recital Sunday at 2:15 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran church, Topton. A varied program of piano music will be presented and will include vocal duets
by Mrs. Earl Matthias and Robert
Wanner, Fleetwood. The public is
invited.
Participants include Philip
Adams, Fern Bauman, Patricia
Behringer, Suzanne Heiter, Gayle,
Joel and Glenn Miller, Jane, Gayle
and Linda Muehlhauser, Connie
Rauenzahn, Kay Moyer, Barbara
Schofer, Michael Stauffer, Charles
and David Trexler, Sue Trexler
and Sandra Werst.
Two Elementary Teachers
Served 69^ Years; Are
Given Gifts
Two retired elementary teachers, who served a total of 69V'2 years,
were feted at the recent joint banquet of the faculty and directors of
the Brandywine Heights Joint
School District at the Kutztown
Grange Hall. Donald Rohrbach was
master of ceremonies. Approximately 100 were in attendance.
The teachers honored were Mrs.
Lulu Adams, who resigned last
January, and Mrs. John Trexler,
who resigned at the close of the
1955-56 term. Mrs. Adam, who served 34!: years, last taught at the
Bush school in Longswamp township. Mrs. Trexler served 35 years,
all of that time as third and fourth
grade teacher at the Longswamp
school. Both were the recipients of
gifts.
The Rev. Franklin D. Slifer, Top-
ton, was guest speaker and told of
his recent trip to Europe in connection with the Heifer Project.
Other speakers included Ralph
Merkel, supervising principal; Luther Herbein, elementary principal;
Alfred Ayres, high school principal; and John Rohrbach, president
of the joint school board.
Special music included selections
by a chorus of elementary teachers
directed by Mrs. Cyrus Oswald, the
district's music supervisor, and marimba numbers by Janice Moll, accompanied by Elaine Reinert. Monologues were given by Dorothy Alexander.
The family style turkey and baked ham dinner was served by the
Home Economics Group of the
Grange.
JURY RETURNS VERDICTS
IN THREE DAMAGE SUITS
Verdicts In three damage suits
were returned by a jury in Berks
County Court Saturday against
John W. Luckenbill, minor son of
J. Wallace Luckenbill. Fleetwood
burgess. The three suits were filed
following an automobile accident
May 15, 1955, on the Pricetown road
near Dreamland Park in which
eight persons were injured.
In the suit of John R. Herb,
Bechtelsville, against Luckenbill, a
minor, by his father, the Jury returned a verdict granting the
plaintiff $11,714.82 in damages. In
a counter suit by Luckenbill against
Herb, the jury found in favor of
the defendant.
In a follow-up suit filed by Kenneth Krock, Alburtis R. 1, against
the defendant, the Jury awarded
Krock $2,918.44
Herb and Luckenbill were the
drivers of the cars in the crash
Krock was a passenger in Herb's
car.
Adult Classes
Fleetwood High
Open Monday Night
228 At Banquet
Of Fire Company
Auxiliary, Fire Hall
Topton Hallowe'en Parade
"Bigger Than Last Year's";
Prize Awards Total $1,300
FALL INJURY FATAL TO
LENHARTSVILLE MAN
Wayne O'Byle, Lenhartsville R. 1,
died Oct. 17 in the Allentown hospital without regaining consciousness after suffering head and internal injuries in a 20-foot fall Tuesday at the Caloric Appliance Corporation. Topton. He was employed
as an electrician and was stringing
wire on the roof of a building when
the accident happened.
A native of Greenwich township,
he was a son of C. John and Stella
O'Byle, Lebanon, and was a member of the Lutheran church.
Surviving besides his parents are
his wife, Gloria (Werley) O'Byle,
two children, Bruce, two, and Gwendolyn, seven months, at home, a
brother and sister, Elbert and Linda, both at home, and the maternal
grandfather,*^* Eugene Reidenauer,
Kutztown R. D.
Arrangements are being made by
the Fritz and Kendall Funeral
Home, Kutztown.
CONRAD ROLAND EXHIBIT
On display at the Sharadin Art
Studio at KSTC, are 17 paintings
by Conrad Roland, famed Berks
artist, of Kempton R. 2. They include studies in birds, nature
scenes, and several portraits.
A native of Reading, Artist Roland is also a teacher.
The exhibit, free to the public,
will be continued through Oct 27.
To Be Held for 18 Weeks
For Folks in Service Area;
Library Also Open
The Board of Education of the
Joint Junior-Senior High School,
Fleetwood, announces registration
for adult education classes Monday,
Oct. 22, at 7 p.m., at the school.
The classes, which will run for
18 successive weeks, and be taught
by faculty members, include: Arts
and Crafts, Room 111, David Mell;
Wood and Metal, Room 112, Richard
Mengle; Sewing, 104, Mrs. Lester
Sanders; and Typing, 210, Richard
Locke.
Arrangements have also been
made to have the High school library open two nights a week, with
Mrs. William Hissam in charge. The
first night will be Monday from
seven to ten.
Each registrant is to pay $3, to
be returned if he attends 75 percent of the classes; and each will
be expected to furnish or purchase
needed materials in accordance
with the day school policy.
Anyone finding it impossible to
attend the initial class may call the
school office and inquire if registrations are still available. Classes
will be filled on the "first come,
first served" basis. They are open
to all out-of-school youth and adults
of Fleetwood and the townships of
Maidencreek and Richmond, the
area served by the school.
Mrs. Ida Yoder, 93,
Buried on Fairview
Mrs. Ida May (Spatz) Yoder, the
oldest resident of College Hill, was
buried Tuesday in Fairview cemetery, Kutztown. She died on Columbus Day in the Malvern Nursing Home, just 10 days before her
94th birthday. The Rev. Carl C.
Harlacker, Grace E. C. pastor, officiated at her funeral which was
held at 1:30 p.m. at the Brumbach
Funeral Home, at the direction of
the Naftzinger Funeral Home, Centerport. The pallbearers were Ros-
coe Burkhardt, Shoemakersville,
Jacob DeLong, John Merkel and
Charles Merkel.
She was the oldest member of
Grace E. C. church. A former dressmaker, she had among her apprentices Mrs. Vesta Brintzenhoff
Schade, Dryville. She possessed a
green thumb and enjoyed working
out of doors.
Her husband, David S. Yoder,
who died in 1934, was the farmer
at the Keystone State Normal
School, and later was night watchman.
She was born In Reading Oct. 22,
1862, a daughter of the late Dr.
John and Catherine (Kauffman I
Spatz.
Her survivors are her son Clarence Yoder, Westfleld, N.J., with
whom she spent the winter; four
granddaughters, Nancy, Barbara
and Susan Yoder, Westfleld, and
Grace Yoder, daughter of Mrs.
Laura Yoder and the late Mabry
Yoder, Kutztown; also a sister,
Mrs. Allen Kelchner of Fleetwood
and Bethlehem.
Memorial Service Held;
Firemen Serve; Gifts
To Charter Members
There was an attendance of 228,
the largest in years, at the -1956
banquet of the Kutztown Fire Company Auxiliary at the Fire Hall.
The roast beef menu was served by
the firemen who received a $60
tip, which they promptly presented
to the Company.
Mrs. Harry Bieber. now in her
fifth year as president, introduced
Cleon Levan, vice president of the
men's organization, who praised the
members for their line and faithful
service. She asked these charter
members to take a bow and receive
gifts: Mrs. Charles Wessner, also
a past president and trustee. Mrs.
Maggie Stein. Mrs. Andora Kemp,
and Mrs. Hattie Oldt
In memory of 10 members who
died last year, a brief service was
conducted, which included "The
Lord's Prayer" by Patricia Erb. The
10 were Mrs, Peter Swoyer. Mrs.
Mary Ritter, Mrs. Kdmund Schlegel,
Mrs. William Schadler, Mrs.
Charles Hottenstein, Mrs . Carrie
Heilman, Mrs. Clara Dreibelbis,
Mrs. Nora Fenstermacher, Mrs.
Annie Zimmerman and Mrs. Allen
Fritch.
At the speakers' table in addition
to Mrs. Bieber, Mr. Levan and the
charter members, were Mrs. Eva
Shick, vice president; Mrs. Beulah
Beck, secretary; Mrs. George Kern,
financial secretary; Mrs. Claude
Shade, social secretary; Mrs. Irvin
Delcamp, treasurer; Mrs. Curtis
Luckenbill. past president and trustee, and Mrs. Kathryn Rhode,
trustee; also Mrs. George Erb, pianist, and Mrs. Harry Kline, flowers
and birthdays. Mrs. Bieber also | |)|a_, f\nt} OC *\C.
called on the members of the ways ; I sCtj UCli LtD'^tJ
and means, membership and merchandise committees, and the librarians, who occupied special
seats.
"It's bigger and better than last
year's!"
"Leave it to the Jaycees to get
I things done!"
1 "And wasn't Bob Fisher something!"
These were among the comments
of the several thousand who witnessed the second annual Topton
Jaycees Hallowe'en Parade Monday. Prizes totaling $1,300 were
I awarded to individual and group
! winners, and 25c to non-winners.
Robert Fisher was master of cere-
| monies and Joseph Smith, parade
■marshal Judges were Eleanor Bieber. Stanley Haas. Willard Dellicker, William Herbein and Ralph
Merkel A dance, sponsored by the
i Youth Council, followed at the new
Pioneer Grange Hall. Music was
furnished by Bobby Stoudt's Orchestra.
The six-division parade, headed
, by Chief of Police Ryan Miller and
the color guard of Ray A. Master
Post No. 217, American Legion, consisted of 14 floats, 14 groups, the
! Topton Fire Company. Legion Ambulance and hundreds of individual
marchers. The six bands were
Fleetwood Joint High School Band,
Masqueraders String Band, Allentown, and Drum and Bugle Corps
of Emmaus, Northampton, Catasauqua and Slatington.
The Windmill from Wescosville
i merited first prize of $35 among the
I floats Other winners included Snow
' White and the Seven Dwarfs, Ma-
jcungie, $30; Topton Rotary, $25, and
j Hansel and Gretel, Emmaus and
Allentown, $20. Ten dollars each
! was also given to the Explorers,
the Celtics and the Lions Club,
Topton, Brandywine Heights Magazine Campaign, Hummel's, Lenhartsville, Vera Cruz 4-H, Veterans Memorial Committee, Pioneer Grange,
Hallowe'en float, Fogelsville and
two from the Lutheran Home.
The Alburtis Cub Scout Dutch
Boys won the $35 first prize for
group entries; Topton Youth Council, second, $30; Topton Cub Scouts,
third. $25. and Vera Cruz Bellettes,
fourth, $20. Ten dollars each went
to the Topton Bluebirds-Campflre
Girls, Longswamp Bluebirds-Camp-
fire Girls, Mertztown VFW and
Auxiliary. Longswamp Scouts,
Happy Square Dancers of Allentown and the Pennsylvania Dutch
Band, Emmaus The Kutztown Jaycees, sponsors of the Topton group,
were also in line
The Queen of Spain and Mr.
Flve-By-Flvt were among the individual marchers, prizes varying
from 50c to $5.
The 12 door prize winners were
Winfield Smith, Paul Ziegler, Mrs.
Harold DuBois, Paul Geist, E.
Kemp, "Slim" Silfies and Angela
Noel, Topton; Herbert Schappell,
Kutztown; W. Weida, Neffs; Charles Webb. Caloric; Richard Yeakel,
Air Products, Allentown, and a
State Trooper of the West Reading
Barracks.
The parade committee comprised
Earl Walbert Jr. Wayne Geiger,
Brooke Gernert, Alfred Grim and
Richard Druckenmiller.
The Rev. Alton F Hoffman, Clifford Boyer and Edwin Rauenzahn
Jr. assisted the committee in forming and controlling the parade.
KAHS Senior Class
The president, who was
Continued on paga t*n, column fi.
The three-act comedy "Campus
Quarantine" will be presented by
the KAHS Senior Class Thursday
pre-! and Friday, Oct. 25-26, at 8 pm. in
' i the High school auditorium. Mrs.
| John Lannon, guidance counselor,
is the director.
The plot revolves around the activities in a sorority house on the
campus of a large university.
Woman's Club
Approves Union
School District
The commercial, general, aeadem- i
HALLOWE'EN PARADE
The Kutztown Hallowe'en Parade,
sponsored by the Jaycees, will be
held Friday Nov. 2. One of the largest in years, it will comprise 10
bands. Guest of honor will be Miss
Pennsylvania, Lorna Ringler, Upper
Darby. Interested groups and those
having floats are to contact Co-
Chairmen Jack Burns and Paul
O'Neil.
Patron tickets are selling like
French fries!
ADMISSION APPROVED
Three children were approved
for admission to the Lutheran
Home at Topton at the recent meeting of the Board of Trustees. The
Rev. Horace S. Mann, secretary,
reports that two children have been
admitted since the last report meeting in September. Two old folks
will be admitted to the Topton
units in the near future and five
names have been placed on the
waiting list.
P.T.A. Fun Nite
College Gym, Friday
"Little Oscar," the world's
smallest chef, will be the chief attraction Friday at PTA Fun Nite
in the KSTC gymnasium, under the
sponsorship of the Parent-Teacher
Association of the laboratory school.
The time is from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Other attractions will include Luckenbill, Richard Bond and Rus-
shorts and comics, a juke box, sell DeTurk.
games, fish ponds, a hand-writing The prompters will be Phyllis
expert and a sketcher of portraits, i Boyer, Joe Haring and Bryan Esterly. Sound effects are in charge of
Frank Keim. of the faculty, Franklin Dietrich and Craig Moyer; set
design, John Dreibelbis, of the faculty; stage crew: Barry Fox, Marvin and Melvin Dietrich; properties:
Kenneth Held; make-up: Richard
Gougler, of the faculty, assisted by
William Lesher, Dona Zimmerman.
Faye Kramer and Robert Herman.
The souvenir program is in the
hands of Howard Dietrich and Mrs.
Albert Held, of the faculty, assisted
by Rosalie DeLong, Joyce Kunkel.
Janice Malewicz, Mary Etta Fegley, Lucille Turner, Esther Kline,
Mary Hauck and Faye Behm; and
publicity ls being handled by Patricia Kroninger, Rosalie DeLong
and Dona Zimmerman. N
Music will be furnished by the
KAHS Band, William S. Moyer, director.
Richard Gougler, who has charge
of the tickets and usherettes, reports that the ticket sellers are
Richard Bailey and Charles Werley.
Gives $100 to YMCA; Aids
Berks Heim; Will Assist
At TB Headquarters
The Kutztown Woman's Club, at
its October meeting endorsed the
i Union School District. This follow-
"IrV ta,ik,-0n .'.BwlteIf,Scho0l3T f°r
resented in the cast which includes Better Cl,lzens * Mto™eV John
Janis Berg, Ruth Koch, Judith Kln-/Dry *n<* Paul Dunkelberger.
dig. Joyce Kunkel, Nancy Bair, Har- j The members also donated $100 to
riet DeTurk. Ronald Stump, Ken-(the YMCA.
neth Held, Howard Heffner, Curtis J It was reported that at Berks
Heim, for the first time in years,
all professional work was completed. This was due to the assist-
And of course there will be plenty
of white elephants and refreshments. Home-made cake, candy and
cookies will be obtainable. All proceeds will be used for the benefit
of the school.
Joint Installation
Tonight at Grange
Officers will be installed at tonight's joint meeting of the Kutztown and Fleetwood Granges at 8
p.m. at the Kutztown Grange Hall.
George Sehaeffer, past worthy master of the host grange, will be the
installing officer.
The Kutztown Grange degree
team, which placed first in the recent five-county elimination contest, was second place winner in
the state contest Monday at Pennsylvania State University. Washington county was first.
DROP-IN CENTER
The Drop-in-Youth Center at the
Town Hall "Y" will be open Saturday night from seven to ten, with
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stump in
charge. The same hours will be observed until daylight saving ends.
'ROUND THE WORLD TRIP
Mrs. Helen Miller Hoy, Greenwich street, a seasoned traveller,
will leave Friday by cargo-liner
from New York on a 120-day trip
around the world.
ance of Mrs. Frank Goodman and
Mrs. R. C. Tawney, trained nurse
members of the Club. Continued
assistance will be given and members will collect clean, cotton scraps
and knitting yarn for Home guests
to convert into toys. Mrs. Margaret
Planz will be the Go-Between. The
members will also assist on Oct. 24
in mailing Christmas Seals from
Berks headquarters.
Mrs. Ralph Adam was hostess
chairman.
At the Nov. 8th meeting Verna
Criss, Berks Home Economist, will
demonstrate "How to Make Your
Christmas Decorations." Mrs. Robert Yoder will head the hostess committee
STATE WINNER
A sharp eye for spotting top-
grade farm animals may help earn
farm improvements for Loren Wor-
man. 18. Bernville, who will represent Pennsylvania in the $20,000
FFA Livestock Judging Contest at
Kansas City, Mo. As top prize winner in the State, he was awarded
$100 in cash and an expense-paid
trip to the FFA convention where
he will compete with 46 other state
winners for a first prize of $2,000
during the final round of the nation-wide contest Friday.
NEW BABE AND HOME IN ALASKA
Kemps Share Both With "Dutchmen"
A new baby and a "surprise" new
home were among the thrills enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Kemp, Topton, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wagenhurst, Kutztown, on
their second trip to Alaska to visit
their sons "Woody" and "Chickie."
The new grandchild, Heidi, was
born during their more than 10-
week sojourn, to Woodrow and
Leisel (Heckmann) Kemp, formerly
of Topton and Germany. And the
surprise new home was that of the
Kemps, a log one, five miles out of
Anchorage. "Woody" also built a
nearby cabin for the use of hunters,
consequently there was "heap-
plenty" room for the East Penn
travellers.
The Kemps in turn, took surprises
for the little newcomer. And as for
the Wagenhursts — they took a
Pennsylvania Dutch Food Box containing Pa. Dutch food such as
ham, sausage, pig's stomach, Lehigh
bologna, ring bologna, dried beef,
dried corn and beans, cheese, chow-
chow, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce,
celery, red beets; eggs, also; in addition to blueberries and oranges.
Mrs. Wagenhurst presented the
stewardesses with miniature, deco
rated, old-fashioned candlesticks,
which her husband made out of tin.
For travelling the Kemps and
Wagenhursts wore Pennsylvania
Dutch costumes, the men even including beards and carpet bags.
More than 70 saw them off at the
Easton-Bethlehem - Allentown Airport. En route to Cleveland someone asked, "Are you from Holland?"
At the Chicago Airport they were
paged, and the president of the
United Airlines invited them to
spend the five-hour lay-over in his
air-conditioned office, the temperature having been 97 degrees. It was
at Chicago that they met a Mr.
Matthias from Oley, who greeted
them with "Ich kann au Deitsch
schwetze." At Denver the men were
asked "Are your whiskers real?"
And the Anchorage Times featured
them in a four-column photograph,
together with "Chickie" Wagenhurst and the Kemps. From Seattle
to Anchorage they occupied a compartment. They met the same passenger enroute home, a 28-year-old
Marylander, now living in California. He had spent the summer at an
Alaskan cannery, and reported fhe
biggest run of salmon in years—
also a million dollar loss, including
a spoilage of 50,000 fish, because the
plant wasn't equipped for such an
avalanche!
Oddly enough, Howard Faust,
wife and two daughters, Stony.
Creek Mills, left for Alaska, the'
identical day the "Dutchmen' 'did,
—and from the Reading Airport,
and boarded the same plane at
Seattle for Anchorage. Mr. Faust,
a nephew of Mr. Wagenhurst, is
now employed at the same store
where "Woody" Kemp works. Two
other Wagenhurst nephews made
the round-trip in May, by car.
"Chickie" is fine, his parents report, and enjoys managing a men's
clothing store, at Anchorage. He is
the tallest of the Pickwick Realty
"Duffers" at Anchorage, who plan
to play long-distance golf with the
St. Andrew's golf team in Scotland.
"Never had such good, fresh
salmon and halibut," says Mrs.
Wagenhurst. "We also ate a lot of
moose. And the meals on the planes
were also delicious."
The four-some wore the same
clothes enroute home, "as they
were too bulky to pack." But the
men omitted the whiskers.

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State Police Advise You to Stay
Alert to Stay Alive Whether
Driving Or Walking
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SERVING KUTZTOWN, FLEETWOOD, TOPTON AND SURROUNDINC AREAS
More and More East Penn Valley
People Are Reading The Patriot
Week After Week
VOL. LXXXU
KUTZTOWN, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1956
Telephone 7343
NO. 2S
FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS
Patriot Newsboys Are Learning Now
Come rain, snow, heat or sleet,
the Patriot's six newsboys serve an
average of 867 customers per Thursday. They are among hundreds of
thousands of similar youth across
America, who will become the business leaders of tomorrow.
Their packs, which are 'specially
heavy on East Penn Valley, Balloon
and Dollar Days and holidays, vary
from Richard Folk's 27 papers for
his home area in Brooklyn, Kutztown R. 2, to Ronald Stump's 190
which he delivers between White
Oak and Noble streets. David Adam
carries 178 on Main from Greenwich through College Hill; Clair
Kramer's total for Walnut, White
Oak, Greenwich and Peach is 175;
David Schearer uses his bike to
deliver his 158 east of the railroad
(except Main); and Darryl Wil-
, trout, who tramps East Main from
Greenwich to Ciliberti's, has an
allotment of 139.
On delivery day they usually
wear their oldest shoes, and always
in a downpour, "for rain isn't good
for school shoes." One of them
changes his along his route, for he
passes right by his home.
David Schearer, "because I have
my bike," is the first to appear,
then Darryl. And the other David
admits that "I'm never first. They
don't call me 'Lazy" for nothing!"
Packing the newsbag is a neat
job, and they are served in the
' order of their arrival. Those that
won't go into the bag, are tied in a
neat bundle. Three of them have
helpers. David Adam has his
brother J. P., or his cousin, Joe
DeMatteo; Richard has his brother Keith, who sometimes takes
his place; and Ronald Stump's
helper is his brother Barry.
And, except on rainy days, which
all of them grumble about except
Clair, the faithful six complete
their runs in an hour and a half.
Incidentally, Clair likes everything!
And the majority of them look forward to snow. "It's fun!" they say.
They're 14 and 15, except Darryl,
and are 9th or 10th graders. Darryl,
four feet 10, is the shortest, and
Richard at 15 is six feet!
The faithful six earn two cents a
paper per week, plus a dollar. And
at Christmas their customer
bonuses are most welcome.
"Pay I Like Best!"
"Pay I like the best!" admits
Darryl, and though he has a long
way to go, he's saving for a car.
Ronald has a Christmas Savings account, and always manages to put
some pennies in a coffee can. David
S. adds 50 cents a week to his
Christmas Savings, buys some of his
clothes, and once in a great while
indulges in an apple or some cookies at a convenient store. Clair
saves too — "it all depends," and
spends some on clothes. David A.
saves about a fourth, and uses the
balance to finance sports equipment, stamps, the movies and sodas.
Richard, who carries the Reading
Eagle, too, banks three-fourths of
his earnings and already has $70
in bank.
They actually read the paper they
carry. Some read it while waiting
their turn for their loads; others on
Thursday night when they get
home. The Mystery Farms interested them, and what's going on
in the movies. One of them reads
the Patriot "as it comes," the first
page, on through.
All of them do some collecting,
and their unanimous "gripe" is
when they're offered a five-dollar
bill, particularly when they've just
started out and have little if any
change! "We don't let 'em get behind more than a month!" they say.
Hobbies and Futures
.The six faithfuls are unanimous
on sports. In fact, one of them has
to get a substitute so he can show
up at basketball practice.
David A., who collects not only
stamps but rocks and minerals,
wants to become an archeologist.
Ronald, the basketball enthusiast,
would like to be a dentist. David S.,
who used to collect plastic models
and planes and ships, hasn't yet decided on his future, though his two
brothers are already hard at it at
college. Richard, who wants to
work at the Caloric Appliance
Corporation where his father is employed, has collected a number of
arrow heads in the fields opposite
his home in Brooklyn. "Two of them
are perfect," he reports. Clair, who
expects to be a mechanic, collects
pennies "as old as I can get them"
and also has good times on his bike.
Darryl, who wears a Mickey Mantle
sweater and has more than 100 baseball cards, is a future farmer. In
fact, he bikes it for half an hour
each Saturday, to the farm of his
Uncle LeRoy Biehl, where he does
everything from husking corn and
tractor hitching, to having fun with
the pigs, cows and horses.
Have a good look at your newsboy the next time he comes around!
He has infinitely more under his
baseball hat than you perhaps
imagine! And .. . and in his savings account!
Topton Woman's
Club Reciprocity
Dinner Saturday
Edward Hill Guest Speaker
Hear Home Economist
Patricia Deal
The first annual Reciprocity dinner of the Topton Woman's Club
•will be held Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
at the Monterey Inn. Edward A.
Hill, Fleetwood R. 1, nature photographer, will be guest speaker.
He will be introduced by Mrs. Robert Trexler. Mrs. William Grim will
preside. The committee on arrangements includes Mrs. WUliam Muehlhauser, Mrs. Clarence Shearer, Mrs.
Earl Gerlaeh, Mrs. William Grim
and Mrs. Robert Trexler.
Patricia Deal, assistant Berks
home economist, spoke on "Home
Decorating" at Tuesday's meeting
in Trinity church. The program was
in charge of the American Home
Division, Mrs. Luther Mertz, chairman. Mrs. Robert Trexler presided.
The hostess committee comprised
Mrs. Anna DeLong, Mrs. J. Lester
Eckert, Mrs. Charles Kolkeback,
Mrs. George Leibensperger, Mrs.
Henry Fegely, Mrs. Robert Gall-
moyer, Mrs. Charles Ruhf and Mrs.
Howard Schauers.
Women interested in quilting for
the benefit of the bazaar Nov. 23-24
are urged to come to the Earl Trexler home any afternoon or evening.
"United Begins With U"
Slogan For $1,058,697
Drive To Aid 40 Agencies
Kutztown Woman
Awarded $3,077
Kllavada Wolfinger, Kutztown,
was awarded damages of $3,077
after a jury returned a verdict to
Judge Forrest R. Shanaman Oct.
10 in the Berks court. The amount
was for injuries suffered in an automobile accident July 16 at New
Jerusalem.
The verdict was against Edwin
Kohl, Fleetwood R. 1, driver of an
automobile involved in a collision
with Miss Wolfinger's car, which
was operated by Alice Reinert,
Kutztown. The latter was named
an additional defendant but no
damages were assessed against her.
At the trial, it was testified that
the plaintiff suffered several fractured ribs and other Injuries. She
was represented by Martin Binder
of DeLong, Dry and Binder. Paul
Edelman was counsel for Kohl and
W. Richard Eshelman of Stevens
and Lee appeared for Miss Reinert.
ESTABLISHES $100.00
"NURSE" SCHOLARSHIP
The Allentown Hospital Auxiliary
of Kutztown, at a recent meeting,
voted to grant a $100 scholarship
to a member of the KAHS graduating class who will enter the Allentown Hospital School of Nursing.
In case of more than one applicant,
the scholarship will be divided.
DEADLINE OCT. 27
The deadline for the annual Ingathering of the Kutztown Needlework Guild is Oct. 27, and the new
garments will be on display ft Trinity parish house Nov. 1.
Beneficiaries will be the Lutheran Home at Topton, the Kutztown
Visiting Nurse Association, Bethany, Womelsdorf, Good Shepherd,
Allentown; and the Burd and Rogers Home, Herndon.
Berks Boroughs
Association Holds
9th Ladies Night
Jack Oavis Guest Speaker;
Reed Is Toastmaster;
225 In Attendance
Jack Davis, Reading, was the
speaker at the recent ninth Ladies
Night of the Berks Boroughs Association at Kutztown Fire Hall. Entertainment was a stage show
booked by Walter Spotts, Kutztown
Borough engineer. Roland Reed,
Birdsboro, president of the Association, was toastmaster. Attendance
totaled 225.
Music for the dinner and stage
show was furnished by Burgess Ira
Moyer and his Orchestra.
Among those in attendance were
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fenstermaker, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Keodinger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gift,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence F. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Boyer, H. Calvert Northeimer, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Abel, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moyer
and Mr. and Mrs. William Greena-
wald, Kutztown; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Huyett, Mr. and Mrs. John
Keller, Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Leinbach
and Burgess J. Wallace Luckenbill,
Fleetwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Stauffer, Mr. and Mrs. Kramer,
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood DeLong, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Heiser, Mr. and
Mrs. Leland Sechler, Mr. and Mrs.
Welton Zentner, Mr. and Mrs. Ker-
i-p.it Schofer, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Rauenzahn, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Werst and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Meek, Topton.
The ham dinner was served by
the Fire Company Auxiliary.
Regionals, Saturday
St. Paul's Church
Kutztown and North Regionals of
the E. and R. Synodical Guild will
meet Saturday morning and afternoon at St. Paul's, Kutztown.
Madeline Bach, secretary of promotion of the National Guild, will
discuss the 1956-57 literature at 10
a.m. and present an inspirational
talk at 2:30 p.m. Workshops will be
conducted trom 11:30 to noon and
1:30 tb 2:15 p.m., followed by a
panel presentation of goals.
Registration at 9:30 a.m. and
lunch at noon.
Mrs. Nevin Greenawalt, Hamburg,
Kutztown Regional president, will
preside.
♦ "United Begins With U" is the
slogan for the first United Fund of
Berks County Inc. campaign to
benefit 40 agencies. The minimum
goal is $1,058,697, and the drive
began Oct. 15 to be continued
through Nov. 14.
Volunteer leaders and workers
of Eastern Berks will meet tonight
in the music room of the Sehaeffer
auditorium at KSTC, at 7:30, when
plans for the area will be completed.
The Eastern Area, which is under
the Rev. Martin L. Rothenberger,
St. Paul's Lutheran, Fleetwood, includes the boroughs of Kutztown,
Fleetwood, Lyons and Topton, and
the townships of District, Greenwich, Longswamp, Maxatawny,
Oley, Pike, Richmond, Rockland
and Ruscombmanor, and all towns
and communities within these boundaries.
Volunteer leaders include the following: Kutztown: Mrs. Paul M.
Herring and Mrs. Russell Edgar and
the Kutztown Woman's Club; Top-
ton: Mrs. William Grim and the
Woman's Club; Fleetwood: Curtis
Kramer and the Jaycees;
District Township: Earl Moyer;
Greenwich: Mrs. William Dietrich
and Mrs. Milton Arndt; Maxatawny:
Mrs. Howard Cressman, Mrs. Carl
Bast, Mrs. Ralph Silsdorf; Oley:
Mrs. Russell Jones; Pike: Mrs. John
Doremus; Rockland: Mrs. David
Border; and Ruscombmanor: Mrs.
Walter Lowry.
Charles H. Esser and George L.
Wirtz are chairmen of corporation
and executive and employee solicitation for the Eastern Area.
"United Begins With U!"
Rotarians Tour Two
Elementary Schools
Last night the Kutztown Rotarians not only toured the Kutztown
and Maxatawny elementary schools,
but had a hot' roast beef school
lunch at the latter, under the leadership of Dr. William Liggitt. All
school lunches, they learned, are
prepared at the Maxatawny school,
and then transferred in special
containers to the other schools.
Guests were these Jaycees: Carson Sehmoyer, George Wirtz Jr.,
Malcolm Meckes and Lloyd Berger,
and George Wirtz Sr. brought Russell Edgar.
Next Wednesday the speaker will
be Dr. Adolph Wegener, assistant
professor of German at Muhlenberg College.
State Grange 84th
Annual Convention
Oct. 23-25, Erie
Secretary Benson to Speak
At Pre-Session Program;
Five Area Delegates
A talk by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Washing
ton, D. C, will be featured at the
pre-session program of the 84th annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Grange Monday at 7
p.m. at Erie. Herschel D. Newsom,
Indiana farmer and Master Of the
National Grange, will also speak.
The session will be held in Gannon
college auditorium.
The convention will open Tuesday and continue through Thursday,
Oct. 25, in the Cathedral Prep
school auditorium. Speakers will include Dr. Lyman Jackson, Dean of
the College of Agriculture of Pennsylvania State University; H. A.
Thomson, executive secretary of the
Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors; Alta Peck, chairman of the Home Economics Committee of the National Grange; Arthur Gardner, mayor of Erie; and
Kenzie Bagshaw. past master of the
State Grange.
The delegate body will decide the
position to be taken by the State
Grange on many legislative issues
affecting agriculture and rural
Pennsylvania, such as farm programs, taxes, schools, roads and
water supplies.
Grange Youth will occupy officers' chairs and conduct the meeting at Wednesday morning's session.
Area delegates include Worthy
Master and Mrs. Harold Dellicker.
Kutztown Grange: Harold Schuler.
past master of Fleetwood Grange;
and Worthy Master and Mrs. Harold Overly, Pioneer, Topton.
Retired Brandywine
Teachers Are Feted
At Joint Banquet
DAIRY GUILD
The Berks-Lehigh. Dairy Guild
will meet Monday night, Oct. 22, at
Kempton Fire Hall, when a program will be outlined "to give the
farmer better prices." "Why a Guild
is necessary" will also be explained.
Questions will be welcomed.
JAYCEE* MEETING
The Kutztown Jaycees will hold
a special meeting Tuesday at 8
p.m. st the Lincoln Tavern, when
final plans will be made for the
Hallowe'en Parade.
PIANO RECITAL SUNDAY
TRINITY CHURCH, TOPTON
Mrs. Earl Trexler will present
her 18 piano pupils in a recital Sunday at 2:15 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran church, Topton. A varied program of piano music will be presented and will include vocal duets
by Mrs. Earl Matthias and Robert
Wanner, Fleetwood. The public is
invited.
Participants include Philip
Adams, Fern Bauman, Patricia
Behringer, Suzanne Heiter, Gayle,
Joel and Glenn Miller, Jane, Gayle
and Linda Muehlhauser, Connie
Rauenzahn, Kay Moyer, Barbara
Schofer, Michael Stauffer, Charles
and David Trexler, Sue Trexler
and Sandra Werst.
Two Elementary Teachers
Served 69^ Years; Are
Given Gifts
Two retired elementary teachers, who served a total of 69V'2 years,
were feted at the recent joint banquet of the faculty and directors of
the Brandywine Heights Joint
School District at the Kutztown
Grange Hall. Donald Rohrbach was
master of ceremonies. Approximately 100 were in attendance.
The teachers honored were Mrs.
Lulu Adams, who resigned last
January, and Mrs. John Trexler,
who resigned at the close of the
1955-56 term. Mrs. Adam, who served 34!: years, last taught at the
Bush school in Longswamp township. Mrs. Trexler served 35 years,
all of that time as third and fourth
grade teacher at the Longswamp
school. Both were the recipients of
gifts.
The Rev. Franklin D. Slifer, Top-
ton, was guest speaker and told of
his recent trip to Europe in connection with the Heifer Project.
Other speakers included Ralph
Merkel, supervising principal; Luther Herbein, elementary principal;
Alfred Ayres, high school principal; and John Rohrbach, president
of the joint school board.
Special music included selections
by a chorus of elementary teachers
directed by Mrs. Cyrus Oswald, the
district's music supervisor, and marimba numbers by Janice Moll, accompanied by Elaine Reinert. Monologues were given by Dorothy Alexander.
The family style turkey and baked ham dinner was served by the
Home Economics Group of the
Grange.
JURY RETURNS VERDICTS
IN THREE DAMAGE SUITS
Verdicts In three damage suits
were returned by a jury in Berks
County Court Saturday against
John W. Luckenbill, minor son of
J. Wallace Luckenbill. Fleetwood
burgess. The three suits were filed
following an automobile accident
May 15, 1955, on the Pricetown road
near Dreamland Park in which
eight persons were injured.
In the suit of John R. Herb,
Bechtelsville, against Luckenbill, a
minor, by his father, the Jury returned a verdict granting the
plaintiff $11,714.82 in damages. In
a counter suit by Luckenbill against
Herb, the jury found in favor of
the defendant.
In a follow-up suit filed by Kenneth Krock, Alburtis R. 1, against
the defendant, the Jury awarded
Krock $2,918.44
Herb and Luckenbill were the
drivers of the cars in the crash
Krock was a passenger in Herb's
car.
Adult Classes
Fleetwood High
Open Monday Night
228 At Banquet
Of Fire Company
Auxiliary, Fire Hall
Topton Hallowe'en Parade
"Bigger Than Last Year's";
Prize Awards Total $1,300
FALL INJURY FATAL TO
LENHARTSVILLE MAN
Wayne O'Byle, Lenhartsville R. 1,
died Oct. 17 in the Allentown hospital without regaining consciousness after suffering head and internal injuries in a 20-foot fall Tuesday at the Caloric Appliance Corporation. Topton. He was employed
as an electrician and was stringing
wire on the roof of a building when
the accident happened.
A native of Greenwich township,
he was a son of C. John and Stella
O'Byle, Lebanon, and was a member of the Lutheran church.
Surviving besides his parents are
his wife, Gloria (Werley) O'Byle,
two children, Bruce, two, and Gwendolyn, seven months, at home, a
brother and sister, Elbert and Linda, both at home, and the maternal
grandfather,*^* Eugene Reidenauer,
Kutztown R. D.
Arrangements are being made by
the Fritz and Kendall Funeral
Home, Kutztown.
CONRAD ROLAND EXHIBIT
On display at the Sharadin Art
Studio at KSTC, are 17 paintings
by Conrad Roland, famed Berks
artist, of Kempton R. 2. They include studies in birds, nature
scenes, and several portraits.
A native of Reading, Artist Roland is also a teacher.
The exhibit, free to the public,
will be continued through Oct 27.
To Be Held for 18 Weeks
For Folks in Service Area;
Library Also Open
The Board of Education of the
Joint Junior-Senior High School,
Fleetwood, announces registration
for adult education classes Monday,
Oct. 22, at 7 p.m., at the school.
The classes, which will run for
18 successive weeks, and be taught
by faculty members, include: Arts
and Crafts, Room 111, David Mell;
Wood and Metal, Room 112, Richard
Mengle; Sewing, 104, Mrs. Lester
Sanders; and Typing, 210, Richard
Locke.
Arrangements have also been
made to have the High school library open two nights a week, with
Mrs. William Hissam in charge. The
first night will be Monday from
seven to ten.
Each registrant is to pay $3, to
be returned if he attends 75 percent of the classes; and each will
be expected to furnish or purchase
needed materials in accordance
with the day school policy.
Anyone finding it impossible to
attend the initial class may call the
school office and inquire if registrations are still available. Classes
will be filled on the "first come,
first served" basis. They are open
to all out-of-school youth and adults
of Fleetwood and the townships of
Maidencreek and Richmond, the
area served by the school.
Mrs. Ida Yoder, 93,
Buried on Fairview
Mrs. Ida May (Spatz) Yoder, the
oldest resident of College Hill, was
buried Tuesday in Fairview cemetery, Kutztown. She died on Columbus Day in the Malvern Nursing Home, just 10 days before her
94th birthday. The Rev. Carl C.
Harlacker, Grace E. C. pastor, officiated at her funeral which was
held at 1:30 p.m. at the Brumbach
Funeral Home, at the direction of
the Naftzinger Funeral Home, Centerport. The pallbearers were Ros-
coe Burkhardt, Shoemakersville,
Jacob DeLong, John Merkel and
Charles Merkel.
She was the oldest member of
Grace E. C. church. A former dressmaker, she had among her apprentices Mrs. Vesta Brintzenhoff
Schade, Dryville. She possessed a
green thumb and enjoyed working
out of doors.
Her husband, David S. Yoder,
who died in 1934, was the farmer
at the Keystone State Normal
School, and later was night watchman.
She was born In Reading Oct. 22,
1862, a daughter of the late Dr.
John and Catherine (Kauffman I
Spatz.
Her survivors are her son Clarence Yoder, Westfleld, N.J., with
whom she spent the winter; four
granddaughters, Nancy, Barbara
and Susan Yoder, Westfleld, and
Grace Yoder, daughter of Mrs.
Laura Yoder and the late Mabry
Yoder, Kutztown; also a sister,
Mrs. Allen Kelchner of Fleetwood
and Bethlehem.
Memorial Service Held;
Firemen Serve; Gifts
To Charter Members
There was an attendance of 228,
the largest in years, at the -1956
banquet of the Kutztown Fire Company Auxiliary at the Fire Hall.
The roast beef menu was served by
the firemen who received a $60
tip, which they promptly presented
to the Company.
Mrs. Harry Bieber. now in her
fifth year as president, introduced
Cleon Levan, vice president of the
men's organization, who praised the
members for their line and faithful
service. She asked these charter
members to take a bow and receive
gifts: Mrs. Charles Wessner, also
a past president and trustee. Mrs.
Maggie Stein. Mrs. Andora Kemp,
and Mrs. Hattie Oldt
In memory of 10 members who
died last year, a brief service was
conducted, which included "The
Lord's Prayer" by Patricia Erb. The
10 were Mrs, Peter Swoyer. Mrs.
Mary Ritter, Mrs. Kdmund Schlegel,
Mrs. William Schadler, Mrs.
Charles Hottenstein, Mrs . Carrie
Heilman, Mrs. Clara Dreibelbis,
Mrs. Nora Fenstermacher, Mrs.
Annie Zimmerman and Mrs. Allen
Fritch.
At the speakers' table in addition
to Mrs. Bieber, Mr. Levan and the
charter members, were Mrs. Eva
Shick, vice president; Mrs. Beulah
Beck, secretary; Mrs. George Kern,
financial secretary; Mrs. Claude
Shade, social secretary; Mrs. Irvin
Delcamp, treasurer; Mrs. Curtis
Luckenbill. past president and trustee, and Mrs. Kathryn Rhode,
trustee; also Mrs. George Erb, pianist, and Mrs. Harry Kline, flowers
and birthdays. Mrs. Bieber also | |)|a_, f\nt} OC *\C.
called on the members of the ways ; I sCtj UCli LtD'^tJ
and means, membership and merchandise committees, and the librarians, who occupied special
seats.
"It's bigger and better than last
year's!"
"Leave it to the Jaycees to get
I things done!"
1 "And wasn't Bob Fisher something!"
These were among the comments
of the several thousand who witnessed the second annual Topton
Jaycees Hallowe'en Parade Monday. Prizes totaling $1,300 were
I awarded to individual and group
! winners, and 25c to non-winners.
Robert Fisher was master of cere-
| monies and Joseph Smith, parade
■marshal Judges were Eleanor Bieber. Stanley Haas. Willard Dellicker, William Herbein and Ralph
Merkel A dance, sponsored by the
i Youth Council, followed at the new
Pioneer Grange Hall. Music was
furnished by Bobby Stoudt's Orchestra.
The six-division parade, headed
, by Chief of Police Ryan Miller and
the color guard of Ray A. Master
Post No. 217, American Legion, consisted of 14 floats, 14 groups, the
! Topton Fire Company. Legion Ambulance and hundreds of individual
marchers. The six bands were
Fleetwood Joint High School Band,
Masqueraders String Band, Allentown, and Drum and Bugle Corps
of Emmaus, Northampton, Catasauqua and Slatington.
The Windmill from Wescosville
i merited first prize of $35 among the
I floats Other winners included Snow
' White and the Seven Dwarfs, Ma-
jcungie, $30; Topton Rotary, $25, and
j Hansel and Gretel, Emmaus and
Allentown, $20. Ten dollars each
! was also given to the Explorers,
the Celtics and the Lions Club,
Topton, Brandywine Heights Magazine Campaign, Hummel's, Lenhartsville, Vera Cruz 4-H, Veterans Memorial Committee, Pioneer Grange,
Hallowe'en float, Fogelsville and
two from the Lutheran Home.
The Alburtis Cub Scout Dutch
Boys won the $35 first prize for
group entries; Topton Youth Council, second, $30; Topton Cub Scouts,
third. $25. and Vera Cruz Bellettes,
fourth, $20. Ten dollars each went
to the Topton Bluebirds-Campflre
Girls, Longswamp Bluebirds-Camp-
fire Girls, Mertztown VFW and
Auxiliary. Longswamp Scouts,
Happy Square Dancers of Allentown and the Pennsylvania Dutch
Band, Emmaus The Kutztown Jaycees, sponsors of the Topton group,
were also in line
The Queen of Spain and Mr.
Flve-By-Flvt were among the individual marchers, prizes varying
from 50c to $5.
The 12 door prize winners were
Winfield Smith, Paul Ziegler, Mrs.
Harold DuBois, Paul Geist, E.
Kemp, "Slim" Silfies and Angela
Noel, Topton; Herbert Schappell,
Kutztown; W. Weida, Neffs; Charles Webb. Caloric; Richard Yeakel,
Air Products, Allentown, and a
State Trooper of the West Reading
Barracks.
The parade committee comprised
Earl Walbert Jr. Wayne Geiger,
Brooke Gernert, Alfred Grim and
Richard Druckenmiller.
The Rev. Alton F Hoffman, Clifford Boyer and Edwin Rauenzahn
Jr. assisted the committee in forming and controlling the parade.
KAHS Senior Class
The president, who was
Continued on paga t*n, column fi.
The three-act comedy "Campus
Quarantine" will be presented by
the KAHS Senior Class Thursday
pre-! and Friday, Oct. 25-26, at 8 pm. in
' i the High school auditorium. Mrs.
| John Lannon, guidance counselor,
is the director.
The plot revolves around the activities in a sorority house on the
campus of a large university.
Woman's Club
Approves Union
School District
The commercial, general, aeadem- i
HALLOWE'EN PARADE
The Kutztown Hallowe'en Parade,
sponsored by the Jaycees, will be
held Friday Nov. 2. One of the largest in years, it will comprise 10
bands. Guest of honor will be Miss
Pennsylvania, Lorna Ringler, Upper
Darby. Interested groups and those
having floats are to contact Co-
Chairmen Jack Burns and Paul
O'Neil.
Patron tickets are selling like
French fries!
ADMISSION APPROVED
Three children were approved
for admission to the Lutheran
Home at Topton at the recent meeting of the Board of Trustees. The
Rev. Horace S. Mann, secretary,
reports that two children have been
admitted since the last report meeting in September. Two old folks
will be admitted to the Topton
units in the near future and five
names have been placed on the
waiting list.
P.T.A. Fun Nite
College Gym, Friday
"Little Oscar," the world's
smallest chef, will be the chief attraction Friday at PTA Fun Nite
in the KSTC gymnasium, under the
sponsorship of the Parent-Teacher
Association of the laboratory school.
The time is from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Other attractions will include Luckenbill, Richard Bond and Rus-
shorts and comics, a juke box, sell DeTurk.
games, fish ponds, a hand-writing The prompters will be Phyllis
expert and a sketcher of portraits, i Boyer, Joe Haring and Bryan Esterly. Sound effects are in charge of
Frank Keim. of the faculty, Franklin Dietrich and Craig Moyer; set
design, John Dreibelbis, of the faculty; stage crew: Barry Fox, Marvin and Melvin Dietrich; properties:
Kenneth Held; make-up: Richard
Gougler, of the faculty, assisted by
William Lesher, Dona Zimmerman.
Faye Kramer and Robert Herman.
The souvenir program is in the
hands of Howard Dietrich and Mrs.
Albert Held, of the faculty, assisted
by Rosalie DeLong, Joyce Kunkel.
Janice Malewicz, Mary Etta Fegley, Lucille Turner, Esther Kline,
Mary Hauck and Faye Behm; and
publicity ls being handled by Patricia Kroninger, Rosalie DeLong
and Dona Zimmerman. N
Music will be furnished by the
KAHS Band, William S. Moyer, director.
Richard Gougler, who has charge
of the tickets and usherettes, reports that the ticket sellers are
Richard Bailey and Charles Werley.
Gives $100 to YMCA; Aids
Berks Heim; Will Assist
At TB Headquarters
The Kutztown Woman's Club, at
its October meeting endorsed the
i Union School District. This follow-
"IrV ta,ik,-0n .'.BwlteIf,Scho0l3T f°r
resented in the cast which includes Better Cl,lzens * Mto™eV John
Janis Berg, Ruth Koch, Judith Kln-/Dry *n